VMware Archives - Thomas Maurer Cloud and Datacenter Blog focusing on Microsoft Azure Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:42:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-icon1024-32x32.png VMware Archives - Thomas Maurer 32 32 71605618 Get started with the Azure Arc Jumpstart Project https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/12/get-started-with-the-azure-arc-jumpstart/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/12/get-started-with-the-azure-arc-jumpstart/#respond Thu, 17 Dec 2020 06:30:57 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=19622 Yesterday the team announced the new Azure Arc Jumpstart project. We all have been there, and you want to try out some new Azure services for a proof of concept (PoC) or a quick demo. Thanks to the automation using Azure Resource Manager templates, it is pretty easy and fast to deploy and tries most …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/12/get-started-with-the-azure-arc-jumpstart/feed/ 0 19622 Assess and Migrate Hyper-V VMs with Azure Migrate https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/assess-and-migrate-hyper-v-vms-with-azure-migrate/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/assess-and-migrate-hyper-v-vms-with-azure-migrate/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:14:51 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=12697 Today, the Azure Migrate team launched an update to the Azure Migrate service, which can help you discover, assess, and migrate applications, infrastructure, and data from your on-prem environment to Microsoft Azure. This is excellent timing since we all know that Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are soon out of support and …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/assess-and-migrate-hyper-v-vms-with-azure-migrate/feed/ 5 Assess and Migrate Hyper-V VMs with Azure Migrate - Thomas Maurer In this post, I am going to show you how you can assess and migrate Hyper-V VMs with Azure Migrate.This is all about Azure Migration! Assessment,Azure,Azure Migrate,Azure Migration,how to,Hyper-V,Hyper-V Migration,Hyper-V to Azure,Microsoft,Microsoft Azure,Migrate,Migrate Hyper-V,Migration,Replication,Step-by-step,VMware,Azure Migrate 12697 Run your VMware natively on Azure with Azure VMware Solutions https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/04/run-your-vmware-natively-on-azure-with-azure-vmware-solutions/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/04/run-your-vmware-natively-on-azure-with-azure-vmware-solutions/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:18:04 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=12106 Today the Microsoft Azure team announced the Azure VMware Solutions, which allow you to run VMware natively on Azure. VMware Solution on Azure by CloudSimple is a fully managed service that lets you run the VMware platform in Azure. This solution includes vSphere, vCenter, vSAN, NSX-T, and similar tools. VMware environment runs natively on Azure …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/04/run-your-vmware-natively-on-azure-with-azure-vmware-solutions/feed/ 9 12106 Microsoft’s new VMware migration offer for Windows Server 2016 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/08/microsofts-new-vmware-migration-offer-for-windows-server-2016/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/08/microsofts-new-vmware-migration-offer-for-windows-server-2016/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:03:40 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=8113 Microsoft just announced a new VMware migration offer for Windows Server 2016. In a nutshell: If you switch from VMware to Hyper-V from during September 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, you can get free Windows Server Datacenter licenses when buying Windows Server Datacenter + Software Assurance. That ultimately means customers only pay for Software …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/08/microsofts-new-vmware-migration-offer-for-windows-server-2016/feed/ 0 8113 Windows Sysprep for Virtual Machines https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/05/windows-sysprep-for-virtual-machines/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/05/windows-sysprep-for-virtual-machines/#comments Tue, 31 May 2016 13:56:37 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=7880 For using the same system image for different virtual machines or physical computer, Microsoft created a tool called sysprep.exe. This blog post covers Most people should be already familiar with that tool. If not here is the description: Sysprep prepares a Windows installation (Windows client and Windows Server) for imaging, allowing you to capture a …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/05/windows-sysprep-for-virtual-machines/feed/ 7 7880 Veeam Vanguard 2016 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/04/veeam-vanguard-2016/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/04/veeam-vanguard-2016/#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:10:14 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=7844 Today I had some great news in my inbox. I got awarded with my second Veeam Vanguard award in a row. I was one of the first Veeam Vanguards in 2015 and now I am proud to receive the Veeam Vanguard Award for 2016. A Veeam Vanguard represents the Veeam brand to the highest level in many …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/04/veeam-vanguard-2016/feed/ 0 7844 Enable SSH on VMware ESXi 6.0 via vSphere Client https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/04/enable-ssh-on-vmware-esxi-6-0-via-vsphere-client/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/04/enable-ssh-on-vmware-esxi-6-0-via-vsphere-client/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:37:01 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=7058 In another blog post I wrote how you can enable SSH on a VMware ESXi 6.0 host directly on the host it self. In this blog post I show you how you can enable SSH on your VMware ESXi 6.0 host via the VMware vSphere Client. Open the VMware vSphere client and connected to your …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/04/enable-ssh-on-vmware-esxi-6-0-via-vsphere-client/feed/ 0 7058 Enable SSH on VMware ESXi 6.0 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/04/enable-ssh-on-vmware-esxi-6-0/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/04/enable-ssh-on-vmware-esxi-6-0/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:14:41 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=7052   I already wrote some blog posts how you can enable SSH access for older VMware ESXi versions such as VMware ESXi 4.1, VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESXi 5.1 and VMware ESXi 5.5. This post now shows you how you can enable SSH on the VMware ESXi 6.0 host. As in the other versions this …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/04/enable-ssh-on-vmware-esxi-6-0/feed/ 0 7052 Disaster Recovery using Azure Site Recovery https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/11/disaster-recovery-using-azure-site-recovery/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/11/disaster-recovery-using-azure-site-recovery/#respond Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:09:36 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=6806 Nearly a year ago Microsoft released a Disaster Recovery solution called Hyper-V Recovery Manager. This was basically a hosted orchestration engine in Microsoft Azure which allowed you to orchestrate datacenter failovers using the in Hyper-V build in feature called Hyper-V Replica. In 2014 Microsoft invested a lot of work and time to improve this service and …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/11/disaster-recovery-using-azure-site-recovery/feed/ 0 6806 My sessions from System Center Universe Europe 2014 available on Channel9 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/10/my-sessions-from-system-center-universe-europe-2014-available-on-channel9/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/10/my-sessions-from-system-center-universe-europe-2014-available-on-channel9/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:33:02 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=6731 As I already posted I was presenting at System Center Universe Europe 2014 (SCU Europe) in Basel this year. Microsoft now made the recordings available on Channel9 and you can now watch them for free. Disaster Recovery with Azure Site Recovery Together with Michel Lüscher (Architect at Microsoft) I was showing how you can deploy a fully …

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